no single science teacher can teach all of the math or science our children need for the future. or build the roads and network and research labs that will bring the jobs and businesses to our shores. now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people. [ applause ] this generation of americans has been tested by crises that steel our resolve and proved our resilience. a decade of war is now ending. [ cheers and applause ] an economic recovery has begun. america's possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands. youth and drive, diversity and openness. an endless capacity for risk and a gift for reinvention. my fellow americans, we are made for this moment. and we will see that so long as we seize it together. [ applause ] for we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. we believe that america's prosperity must rest upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class. we know that america thrives whenev every pe